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 Each year at the [[commencement|Commencement]] ceremony, every Trinity College student touches the [[brownell_book|Book]], which represents the delegation to the president the responsibility for educational activities for which the College was founded. The Book contains the order of graduation written by the president for the first Trinity College Commencement ceremony in 1827. Legend has it that the president forgot his Bible at the ceremony that day, so students touched their hand to this book instead. Each year at the [[commencement|Commencement]] ceremony, every Trinity College student touches the [[brownell_book|Book]], which represents the delegation to the president the responsibility for educational activities for which the College was founded. The Book contains the order of graduation written by the president for the first Trinity College Commencement ceremony in 1827. Legend has it that the president forgot his Bible at the ceremony that day, so students touched their hand to this book instead.
 ===== Key ===== ===== Key =====
-The key, once the opener of the giant lock on the [[williams_memorial|Williams Memorial]] administration building, is made of bronze and symbolizes the turning over of the physical properties of the institution to the president's care.+The key, once the opener of the giant lock on the [[williams_memorial|Williams Memorial]] administration building, is made of bronze and symbolizes turning over the physical properties of the institution to the president's care.
  
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-The collar was presented to Trinity College at the opening of the 1953 Commencement exercises by former [[funston_g._keith|President G. Keith Funston]], Class of 1932, in memory of his grandmother, Maria Briggs Keith. It was received by Mr. Newton C. Brainard, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and dedicated by the Right Reverend Walter H. Gray, Bishop of Connecticut. Intended to be worn on ceremonial occasions, it is the visible symbol of the president’s high office and authority.+The collar was presented to Trinity College at the opening of the 1953 Commencement exercises by former President [[funston_g._keith|G. Keith Funston]], Class of 1932, in memory of his grandmother, Maria Briggs Keith. It was received by Mr. Newton C. Brainard, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and dedicated by the Right Reverend Walter H. Gray, Bishop of Connecticut. Intended to be worn on ceremonial occasions, it is the visible symbol of the president’s high office and authority.
  
 Mr. Funston and Professor John E. Candelet, faculty mace bearer, planned and designed the collar which was made by the Gorham Company of Providence. The golden seal of the Trinity President hangs from the collar, which is fashioned of seven silver seals and twenty replicas of the [[elms|Trinity Elms]] in sterling silver washed in gold. The Elms rise from scrolls engraved with the initial “T.” At the center is the Trinity College seal superimposed on a triangle representing the Holy Trinity--the religious foundations of the college--crowned by a sun signifying enlightenment. In the lower corners of the triangle are the Book, representing knowledge, and a pair of student’s hands extended to receive it, symbolizing the desire of youth to receive an education. Mr. Funston and Professor John E. Candelet, faculty mace bearer, planned and designed the collar which was made by the Gorham Company of Providence. The golden seal of the Trinity President hangs from the collar, which is fashioned of seven silver seals and twenty replicas of the [[elms|Trinity Elms]] in sterling silver washed in gold. The Elms rise from scrolls engraved with the initial “T.” At the center is the Trinity College seal superimposed on a triangle representing the Holy Trinity--the religious foundations of the college--crowned by a sun signifying enlightenment. In the lower corners of the triangle are the Book, representing knowledge, and a pair of student’s hands extended to receive it, symbolizing the desire of youth to receive an education.
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 [[https://www.trincoll.edu/abouttrinity/history-traditions/traditions/|Trinity College Traditions]] [[https://www.trincoll.edu/abouttrinity/history-traditions/traditions/|Trinity College Traditions]]
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=commencement|Commencement Program]], 2020+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34547310|Commencement Program]], 2020.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=reporter|Trinity Alumni Magazine]], Fall 1968.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31571869|Trinity Alumni Magazine]], Fall 1968.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1947&context=reporter|Trinity College Bulletin]], July 1953.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38786979|Trinity College Bulletin]], July 1953.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3919&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], May 13, 1953.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29560330|Trinity Tripod]], May 13, 1953.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=reporter|Trinity College Bulletin]], July 1950.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31511587|Trinity College Bulletin]], July 1950.
  
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